HIROKUNI (Hiro, Kim) TAMURA
Professor, Management Science.
Faculty Advisor, Certificate of International Studies in Business (CISB) -Japan Track.
Coordinator, Business – Jackson Schools Joint Degree Program in Japan Study.
University Address and Telephone Numbers:
Department of Management Science, University of Washington School of Business, Box 353200 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98l95, USA.
E-mail: .
TEL. (206) 543-4399, -1043. FAX. (206) 543-3968.
Education:
Ph.D. 1967, The University of Michigan Business School.
Fields: Quantitative Methods, Business Economics, and International Business. Doctoral Dissertation: Linear Models for Macroeconomics Decision Making.
MA (Mathematics), l967; MS (Industrial Engineering), l961, The University of Michigan.
BS (Industrial Engineering), 1960, The University of Michigan.
BS l957 (Engineering), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Professional Activities:
Research & Teaching:
(1) Applications of Statistics for Management, in particular, Auditing and Forecasting
(2) Education of Statistics as Management Tools
Global Business Activities:
(1) Faculty advisor for the Certificate of International Studies in Business (CISB) - Japan Track.
(2) Language (Japanese) Examiner for MBA Exchange Program.
(3) Unofficial ambassador of UW MBA program to Japanese universities and Japanese industry sponsored symposiums.
(4) Study of Total Quality Management practices among Japanese companies.
School Awards:
The University of Washington Professor of the Quarter, Summer, l990.
Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award in Scholarship, sole recipient, l988.
University Awards:
Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence for CISB, 2004.
School Grants for Research, Travel & Course Development:
MBA Curriculum Development Grand (2005).
SASI Awards (1999).
CIBER Travel Grant to Study Japanese Total Quality Management Practice (1992-93, 96-97).
CISB Travel Grant to Develop an Exchange Program with Kobe University (1994).
BA Faculty Summer Research Grants (1981-1993).
Recent Course Developments:
Quantitative Methods 530: Forecasting Models in Business.
Quantitative Methods 520: Managerial Applications of Regression Analysis.
Quantitative Methods 500: Statistical Data Analysis for Management.
Quantitative Methods 490: Analysis and Forecasting of Financial Data.
Quantitative Methods 201: Introduction to Statistical Methods.
International Business 491: CISB – Japan Track Meetings
Operations Management 490: Statistical Management of Quality.
Professional Conference & Symposium Participation:
Kagawa University MBA Program Inauguration, 2004: Keynote Speaker.
Kobe University MBA Program Inauguration, 2002: Keynote Speaker.
Aichi Institute of Technology, Inauguration Symposium of the new School of Information Systems, 2000: Keynote Speaker.
Kobe University Symposium on the MBA Education in Japan, 1998: Invited Speaker.
The 1998 INFORMS – Seattle: Cluster Chair, Session Co-Chair.
The 1996 Symposium of the Institute for the Democratic Education in Japan: Invited Speaker.
The JUSE (Japanese Union of Science and Engineering) Total Quality Management Symposium in Japan: Invited Discussant,1992, 1994, 1995,1996 (Spring and Fall) ,1997.
The1989 International Statistical Institute Meeting in Paris. Contributed Papers on Special Topics Session (presentation and session chair on statistical auditing).
The 1989 American Statistical Association Meeting in Washington, DC Specially Contributed Session on Statistical Auditing, presentation.
Executive Education:
Residential Seminar for Japanese University Administrators, 1997-99, Director.
Branding for Food Marketing, 1996 - 98, Director.
Category Management for Food Marketing, 1994, Director.
Japanese Food Marketing Seminar,1975-1992, Co-Director (with Doug Mac Lachlan, Department of Marketing).
Editorship:
Issue Editor, Journal of Contemporary Business, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1979.
Contributors: Professor Peter G. Moore of The London Business School, Professor Frederick Mosteller of Harvard University, Professor Harry V. Roberts of University of Chicago, Dr. Kurt Schiltknecht of The Swiss National Bank, Professor W. Allen Spivey of The University of Michigan, Professor Kei Takeuchi of Tokyo University and others.
Major School or University Committees Served:
Faculty Steering Committee, Global Business Center.
Faculty Senate, 2002 – 2004.
Globalization Task Force Committee, 1996-97.
Entrepreneurship Professor Selection Advisory Committee, 1996-97.
Professorship Selection Advisory Committee, 1996-97.
Faculty Excellence Award Committee, 1996.
Undergraduate Program Committee, 1993.
B. A. Faculty Council, 1993.
School’s TQM Policy Committee, 1992-96.
B. A. Faculty Council, 1987-89.
B. A. Faculty Council, Steering Committee, l987-89.
Undergraduate Program Committee, Chair, 1986-88.
Ph.D. Committee, 1985-86.
Master's Program Committee, 1982-83.
Faculty Council on Academic Standards, 1977-80.
Consulting:
CGC Group, 1996-98:
Help CGC develop a business relationship with Associated Grocers, Inc. in Seattle, including organizing conferences for senior executives, professional seminars for middle level executives.
Cartano, Botzer Larson & Birkholz, 1985:
As the expert witness.
Thriftway Study Tour to Japan, l983:
As the academic advisor.
Meidi-Ya Co., Ltd, Japan, l983:
Introduction of US food distribution and retailing using computer systems.
Department of Social & Health Services, State of Washington, 1977-78.
Design of a cost reimbursement system for Washington Medicaid patients.
NW Federal Credit Union, 1976-77:
Design of statistical credit scoring system in compliance with the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Regulation.
Kraft & Smith, Inc., 1973:
Analysis of market share data for savings banks.
Publications:
Books:
Introduction to Statistical Methods (Kendall/Hunt, 1998)
Refereed Journals:
"Model Comparison in Regression." Teaching Statistics, 16, 1994.
"Modeling of Statistical Investigation." Teaching Statistics, 12, 1990.
"Calibration of Auditing Models Using Expert Judgement." 1989 Proceedings of the Business and Economics Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, l990.
"Robust Bayesian Models for Statistical Auditing." (abstract) Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute Contributed Papers, the 47th Session, Paris, l989.
“Linear Programming Models for Cost Reimbursement." (with George Diehr; 50% contribution) Health Services Research, 24:3, 1989.
"Statistical Models and Analysis in Auditing." (major contributing author) Statistical Science, 4, l989. (lead article).
"Estimation of Rare Errors Using Expert Judgement." Biometrika, 75, l988. (lead article).
Statistical Models and Analysis in Auditing - A Study of Statistical Models and Methods for Analyzing Nonstandard Mixtures of Distributions in Auditing (major contributing author), Washington, DC: National Academy Press, l988.
"Accuracy of Auxiliary Information Interval Estimation in Statistical Auditing." (with Peter A. Frost; 50% contribution), Journal of Accounting Research, 24, 1986.
"Tightening CAV (DUS) Bounds by Using a Parametric Model." (senior author; with Peter A. Frost), Journal of Accounting Research, 24, 1986.
Customer Spotting Study - A Simple and Practical Statistical Exercise." Teaching Statistics, 8, 1986.
"Application of AID in Analysis of Energy Survey Data - A Case Study." (with Paula J. Laschober; 50% contribution) The Statistician (The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society-Series D), 35, 1986.
"An Analysis of the Garstka-Ohlson Bounds." Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 4:2, 1985.
"Estimating 'Reasonable Cost' of Medicaid Patient Care Using a Patient Mix Index." (senior author; with Lillian W. Lauer and Frank A. Sanborn) Health Services Research, 20:1, 1985.
Letters to the Editor, Teaching Statistics, 6, 1984.
"Power Transformation - An Intuitive Approach." Teaching Statistics, 6, 1984.
"Interpretation of Statistical Results - A Real World Example." Teaching Statistics, 5, 1983.
"Jackknifed Ratio Estimation in Statistical Auditing." (with Peter A. Frost; 50% contribution), Journal of Accounting Research, 20, 1982.
"Credit Scoring System" (with Donald Mochel;50% contribution) Credit Union Executive, Winter, 1981.
"Mathematics, Statistics, and Forecasting: An Introduction" Journal of Contemporary Business , 8, 1979.
"Using Statistics to Find a Reasonable Cost for Medicaid Payments." Journal of Contemporary Business, 8, 1979.
Book review of Statistical Analysis for Decision Making by Morris Hamburg Journal of the American Statistical Association, 67, 1972.
"Buddha's Bernoulli Trials", The American Statistician, 24, 1970.
"Generalized Simultaneous Equation Models" (with W. A. Spivey; 50% contribution) International Economic Review, 17, 1970.
"Goal Programming in Econometrics." (with W. A. Spivey; 50% contribution). Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 17, 1970.
"Use of Orthogonal Factors for Selection of Variables in a Regression Equation - An Illustration." (with Janet R. Daling; 50% contribution) Applied Statistics (The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society-Series C, 19, 1970.
Working Papers:
“MSMESB Using Repositioning,” Department of Management Science, 2005.
“Statistics Skill as “Chunks” for Management Statistics Training,” 2004.
"Total Quality Management - A Field Study of Japanese Practice Part 2." (Research supported by CIBER Travel Grant), 1993.
"Total Quality Management - A Field Study of Japanese Practice Part 1." (Research supported by CIBER Travel Grant), 1992.
Citations in Texts (selected):
Ijiri, Yuji. “Creative and Innovative Approaches to the Science of Management,” 1996.
Draper, N.R. and H. Smith, Applied Regression Analysis, 2nd ed. (John Wiley), 1981.
Seber, G.A.F., Linear Regression (John Wiley), 1977.
O'Muircheataigh, Colm and Clive Payne, The Analysis of Survey Data, Vol. 2 (John Wiley), 1977.
Publications in Japanese
“Strategy of US Business School – Alliance with Business.” Business Insight, 45, (Kobe University Center for Management Research), Spring 2004.
Marketing Term Definitions (with Y. Tokunaga and D. L. MacLachlan). Tokyo: Dobunkan, l990.
Marketing English - Japanese Dictionary (with Y. Tokunaga and D. L. MacLachlan), Tokyo: Dobunkan, l989.
"Investigation of Consumer Shopping Behavior in Box Stores and Supermarkets: Japan-America Comparison." (with D. MacLachlan, Y. Tokunaga & T. Ogawa; 25% contribution) Shohi to Ryutsu (Journal of Consumption and Distribution), 6, 1982.
Business Communications (Japanese)
"Recent U.S. Supermarket Strategies - Back to the Future." Friendly Communication (Meidi-Ya Co., Ltd.), January, l988.
"Recent U.S. Supermarket Strategies - Up Scale." Friendly Communication (Meidi-Ya Co., Ltd.), December, l987.
"Scanning System in the U.S. Grocery Business." (with Les Jenkins) Friendly Communication (Meidi-Ya Co., Ltd.) January, 1982 - May, 1983.
Statistical Information in Supermarket Operation - Basic Concepts. (Meidi-Ya & Co., Ltd.),1981.
Date: November, 2005
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